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Nepotism
the practice whereby the popes gave profitable offices, high church positions, and land to their relatives (primarily their sons) to secure their own power. Nepotism was especially widespread in the 15th and 16th centuries. It led to the elevation of powerful families that were relatives of the popes (the Borghese, Ludovisi, Borgias, and others). In Russian the term nepotizm has become a common noun that is a synonym for kumovstvo. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Moreover, the atmosphere of the student elections -- to a certain extent -- has been an exact carbon copy of the personal and nepotistic agenda of the various groups that serves the interests of few and not many. A senior civil servant Andreas Demetriou claims that the minister followed nepotistic practices in hiring ministry staff. To be sure the very public airing of grievances around the project, the political and personal repercussions it had, and the arcane, nepotistic practices of the French state that its creation highlighted have attracted the attention of a number of other scholars. |
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